THE SENATE STANDARD – ISSUE 17
ACC Full-Time Faculty Senate Website
Dear Faculty Colleagues,
Welcome back! Are you as excited about the Spring 2020 semester as I am? I hope your break was restful and rejuvenating, and that you have wonderful things to look forward to this semester.
Enjoy the first Senate Standard of the new decade!
Senate Meetings / Minutes / Agendas
12/13/19 Senate Meeting – Because of the break, we are a little behind on posting minutes. They are out for approval now, and I will have them available in the next Senate Standard.
1/24/20 Senate Meeting – noon to 2pm – HBC 301 – This is the SECOND CALL for agenda items for our January meeting. Please send any issues you’d like added to [email protected] – before end of business January 15. I’ll be posting the agenda to you all early next week.
Newsworthy
The Academic Master Planning (AMP) process will kick off Tomorrow, January 15, with meetings for Department Chairs, Deans, and the Steering Committee. The Faculty Senate requested more representation in the AMP process, and was pleased to be offered several spots on both of the groups overseeing this work. We now have Senate representatives on the Steering Committee (Wayne Butler, Samantha Croft, and Yam Tolan) as well as on the Executive Committee (Missi Patterson). Please reach out to these Senate representatives if you have thoughts about the AMP process. In addition, you can keep an eye on all that is being done on the new AMP website. Reach out to your department chair or dean if you want to be a part of your Area of Study team!
Thanks to Dr. Rhodes! At our December 13th Senate meeting, the Senate voted to formally thank Dr. Rhodes for his December 10 memo on ACC Values. We have now sent an email to Dr. Rhodes sharing our appreciation for his work highlighting collaboration at the college, and also shared our gratitude at last night’s ACC Board meeting.
ACC Board Meeting – 1/13/20 – agenda
Items of note from the meeting:
• An agreement with KRLU (Austin PBS) has been signed. They will move in to Highland Campus in Fall of 2020, and will begin partnering with ACC to offer opportunities for students and others.
• A report was given on the success of the TAMU Chevron Engineering Academy. It ensures that ACC students have automatic admission into the Texas A&M Schools of Engineering if they successfully complete this program. Do you have students who want to become engineers? Let them know about the program – applications are open now!
• The ACC board approved a list of Federal Legislative priorities. You can take a peek at the agenda above to see the complete list.
• The board also approved some new local policies on preventing Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation for both employees and students. You can see the specific language adopted in the agenda above.
• SCHOLARSHIPS!!! Something I learned at the board meeting is that the ACC Foundation has ONE APPLICATION for all 700 scholarships they offer our students. Applications open on January 15, so please let your students know about them. There is help to complete the applications available at every ACCelerator. Students can view THIS PAGE to see the application, and to get help to apply.
New Action Items [please check due dates below!]
Academic and Student Affairs Council (ASAC) items out for comment [due February 3, 2020]
The items below are available for review and comment by College employees. These items are posted on the ASAC website. (https://sites.austincc.edu/asac/). Comments may be entered into the related comment form (link to comment form found directly above Items Under Review drop-down menu, and beside each individual item). You can review the email from JoAnn Nunez on January 6 entitled “[ACC Employees] Academic and Student Affairs Council Items Open for Comments” for more details. You may now comment on:
• Proposed Modifications to Certain Processes Related to Dual Credit
• Proposed Institutional Definition of a Student
• Proposed Revisions to Administrative Rule 4.04.021 – Assessment, Placement and Remediation Requirements for ESOL
I hope you all have a spectacular semester! Please let me know how I can help you in your quest to best serve our students.
Best,
++missi patterson